Mr. Kopit (pronounced COPE-it) was an engineering student at Harvard in the 1950s when he began to study creative writing, almost as a lark. AD“Oh Dad, Poor Dad” was hailed as a modernist breakthrough by critics and brought Mr. Kopit immediate attention from agents and producers. Mr. Kopit called it “the British juggernaut,” but added, “I thought ours was better.”In 1987, after he wrote “Hands of a Stranger,” a police drama miniseries for NBC, the network asked Mr. Kopit if he had any other ideas. As a child in the New York suburbs, Mr. Kopit put on puppet shows and was an avid listener to radio dramas. Mr. Kopit wrote plays on varied subjects, including nuclear war, computer hacking and Hollywood.

Source: Washington Post April 04, 2021 15:51 UTC